Sunday, February 3, 2008

Goodbye to a family friend

On Thursday, January 31st my Dad, Bill Maki, and a stroke. What I didn't know till later in the day was that a longtime family friend (45+ year and my Dad's best friend, Bill Kapush (another Bill), was admitted to the hospital with chest pain. There is only one hospital in my home town and they were down the hall from one another. The next day, Friday February 1st, while still in the hospital, in the care of a nurse and in mid sentence, Bill Kapush put his head down and died!
I couldn't believe it, on Wednesday, January 30th, Bill Kapush, Bill Maki, and my mom were having dinner together and everything seemed okay. Two days later and my dad has had several strokes, has been diagnosed with dimensia and cannot talk too well and Bill Kapush is dead. My dad and Bill had stated to talk to one another every day for the last few years, it was part of their routine, another change my dad will have to make.
I'd like to offer my condolences to the Kapush family, I know it was a big shock to all of you and my thoughts and prayers are with you.
If you live near your parents, why don't you drop by and say hi, if you don't live near them call them today to say hi, or better still let them know you love them, you never know how fast life can change everything.

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About Me

My name is Chris Maki and I'm a Principal Software Engineer at Overstock.com. Before joining Overstock.com, I was an independent consultant specializing in server-side Java development. I have been designing and building server-side systems for 16 years in C++, Objective-C, and Java.
Most of my career has been spent working as an enterprise architect specializing in large-scale Java system design and development. In addition to being a Java evangelist, I'm an avid proponent of Agile Software Development.
In addition to my day job, I run the Utah Java User Group and I'm a member of the WebBeans (JSR-299) and JPA 2.0 (JSR-317) expert groups.
In addition to computers I love to spend time hanging out with my wonderful wife of 13 years, Nicole, and my three boys, Trenton, Avery, and Brayden.